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Josef Albers
1888 – 1976 • German • Artist
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Showing 32 quotesOn the little money I had collected I lived in Berlin very cheaply, ate very cheaply. And already in 1920 I saved the first salaries I received to go to Munich.— Josef Albers
It was my family that wanted me to be a teacher. That was safe, you see. To be a painter was terrible.— Josef Albers
It is not so for art in appreciation because art is concerned with human behavior. And science is concerned with the behavior of metal or energy. It depends on what the fashion is. Now today it's energy. It's the same soul behind it. The same soul, you see.— Josef Albers